The Literary History of the Adelphi and Its NeighbourhoodBrereton, Austin
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The Literary History of the Adelphi and Its Neighbourhood
Brereton, Austin
Adelphi (London, England) -- History; Literary landmarks -- England -- London; London (England) -- History
Durham House, its origin in the thirteenth century, 3-4;
Otho, the papal legate, the Oxford clergy and scholars make
"solemn submission" to him here, 4-5;
Henry III. shelters here, 6;
Prince (Henry V.) stays here, 6;
Richard de Bury, author of _Philobiblon_, lives here, 8;
Hatfield, Thomas, Bishop of Durham, 7, 9;
Henry VIII. appropriates the house, 10;
grants it to Thomas Boleyn, 11;
Anne Boleyn and Princess Elizabeth, 11;
Cranmer resides here, 11;
great festivities attended by Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, the Court,
the Mayor of London, etc., 12-13;
Chastillon, the French Ambassador to Edward VI., lodges here, 14;
Edward VI. grants the house to the Princess Elizabeth, 14;
a mint here, 14;
Lady Jane Grey married here, 15;
Queen Elizabeth acquires the house, 14;
grants it to Walter Raleigh, 15;
Raleigh's residence here, 16-20;
Philip Sidney, 16;
Raleigh dispossessed, 18;
his letter of remonstrance, 18;
the case of Glanville _v._ Courtney, 19;
a fire here, 19;
tobacco at Durham House, 20;
falls into decay, 36.
Durham House Street, 8, 21, 72.
Durham Rents, 72.
Durham Yard, 36-37, 71-73, 75.
Durham Yard, fire in, 38-41.
Dyce, William, 242.
Edgecombe, Lady, 159.
Edward III. at Durham House, 9.
Edward IV., 251.
Edward VI., 14, 251.
Edward VII. King, 212, 215.
_Edwin and Angelina_, 258.
Egerton, Lord Chancellor, 221.
Egerton, Thomas (Baron Ellesmere), 19.
Elizabeth, Princess (Queen), 11, 14, 15-16, 17, 221.
Elliston, William, 164.
Embankment, Victoria, the, 191.
Essex, Earl of, 221.
Etherege, Sir George, 29.
Etty, William, 242-243.
Evelyn, 229, 232-233, 247, 263.
Exchange, the New, the laying of the foundation stone, 21;
the Earl of Salisbury proprietor, 21;
opposition of the City, 22;
its interior, 22;
opened by James I. as "Britain's Burse," 22;
Stow's description, 23-24;
the Venetian Ambassador writes about it to the Doge and State of
Venice, 24;
the Earl of Salisbury, 25-26;
Tobie Matthew, 26;
its most flourishing period, 27;
various allusions to it by the dramatists of Charles II. period,
and others, 27-30;
the first edition of _Othello_ published here, 28;
Henry Herringman, the publisher, 29;
Dryden, Otway, Etherege, 29;
Samuel Pepys, 29, 37, 38, 39, [see also Appendix];
Addison, 30;
Rules for the New Exchange, 30-35;
murder here, 44-48;
the "White Milliner," 49-63;
Douglas Jerrold's play on the subject, 57-63;
"Nan" Clarges, Duchess of Albemarle, 63-71;
Gay's _Trivia_, 71;
quack doctors, 71;
overcrowding of the Exchange, 73;
order of the Inner Star Chamber, 74.
Fairfax, General, 226-229.
_Fair Penitent, The_, 141, 247.
Farren, William, 58.
_Fatal Falsehood, The_, 159.
Fergusson, James, 95-96.
Fire at Northumberland House, 263.
FitzHerbert, Mrs, 212.
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